# How much trouble would I get in for taking the content of a “real” copyrighted videogame and turning it into a CoG **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 23, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-much-trouble-would-i-get-in-for-taking-the-content-of-a-real-copyrighted-videogame-and-turning-it-into-a-cog/120686 "2022-06-23T22:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![Evan3Michaels](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/evan3michaels/32/171767_2.png) [@Evan3Michaels](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Evan3Michaels)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-much-trouble-would-i-get-in-for-taking-the-content-of-a-real-copyrighted-videogame-and-turning-it-into-a-cog/120686/18 "2022-06-24T02:48:57Z")
I already started on a game of my own, purely made from my own creative thought, no one else’s which is deeply inspired by many mechanics found in many classic games, not limited to this one. I’m not trying to “copy” oblivion to say “ooh look at this cool original thing I did” I’m well aware that it wouldn’t be original. I have my own work for being original. > [@The Battle of Hoag's Object (WIP) (I'm back again. No Updates yet, sorry lol, 8/23/23)](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-battle-of-hoags-object-wip-significantly-insignificant-update-demo-v3-0-6-23-22/76243): > > Hello, friends. This is The Battle of Hoag’s Object (or BOHO, affectionately), a sci-fi/space opera interactive fiction set within the galaxy of Hoag’s Object. You play as Lieutenant Specter (Specter being a code-name, you may decide your real name), an agent of the Rebel Alliance, tasked with various missions to weaken and eventually overthrow the United Galactic Empire. > > > **The Background** > > > > At some point in the relatively near future, humanity’s greed and recklessness would reach the point of no-r… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-much-trouble-would-i-get-in-for-taking-the-content-of-a-real-copyrighted-videogame-and-turning-it-into-a-cog/120686)._